David Arthur Skeel
S. Samuel Arsht Professor of Corporate Law
David Skeel is the author of The New Financial Deal: Understanding the Dodd-Frank Act and Its (Unintended) Consequences (Wiley, 2011), Icarus in the Boardroom (Oxford, 2005) and Debt’s Dominion: A History of Bankruptcy Law in America (Princeton, 2001), as well as numerous articles and other publications. He has been interviewed on The News Hour, Nightline, Chris Matthews’ Hardball (MSNBC), National Public Radio, and Marketplace, among others, and has been quoted in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and other newspapers and magazines.
Expertise
- Corporations
- Bankruptcy
- Religion and the Law
Books
TRUE PARADOX: HOW CHRISTIANITY MAKES SENSE OF OUR COMPLEX WORLD (IVP Books, 2014).
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BANKRUPTCY (Foundation Press 9th ed., 2012) (with William Warren and Daniel J. Bussel).
IS U.S. GOVERNMENT DEBT DIFFERENT? (FIC Press, 2012) (with Franklin Allen, Anna Gelpern and Charles Mooney).
THE NEW FINANCIAL DEAL: UNDERSTANDING THE DODD-FRANK ACT AND ITS (UNINTENDED) CONSEQUENCES (Wiley, 2011).
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Articles and Book Chapters
Corporate Governance and Social Welfare in the Common Law World. 92 TEX. L. REV. 973 (2014).
Behaviorism in Finance and Securities Law, 21 SUP. CT. ECON. REV. 77.
Panel Discussion on Stability, Resolution, and Dodd-Frank, in PERSPECTIVES ON DODD-FRANK AND FINANCE (Paul H. Schultz ed., MIT Press 2014) (with James R. Barth, John Dearie, and Arthur Wilmarth).
Institutional Choice in an Economic Crisis, 2013 WIS. L. REV. 629
Bankruptcy Law as a Liquidity Provider, 80 U. CHI. L. REV. 1557 (2013) (with Kenneth Ayotte).
Is Bankruptcy the Answer for Troubled Cities and States?, 50 HOUS. L. REV. 1063 (2013).
Hauerwasian Christian Legal Theory, 75 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 115 (2012).
States of Bankruptcy, 79 U. CHI. L. REV. 677 (2012).
Bankruptcy or Bailouts?, 35 J. CORP. L. 469 (2010) (with Kenneth Ayotte).
The Unbearable Lightness of Christian Scholarship, 57 EMORY L.J. 1471 (2008).
The Promise and Perils of Credit Derivatives, 75 U. CIN. L. REV. 1019 (2007) (with Frank Partnoy).
Christianity of the (Modest) Rule of Law, 8 U. PA. J. CONST. L. 809 (2006) (with William Stuntz).
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Working Papers
From Chrysler and General Motors to Detroit, 19 WIDENER L. REV. (forthcoming 2015). (forthcoming 2015)
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What is a Lien? Lessons from Municipal Bankruptcy, U. ILL. L. REV. 2014 (forthcoming) (forthcoming 2014)
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A Theory of Law Firm Globalization (unpublished manuscript, 2008) (with John Armour)
Why Do Distressed Companies Choose Delaware? An Empirical Analysis of Venue Choice in Bankruptcy, (U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 03-29, October 2004) (with Kenneth Ayotte).
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Research Areas
- Christianity and the Law
- Corporate Law
- Bankruptcy
- Debt Relief and Sovereign Bankruptcy
- Law and Religion
- Law and Poetry
Positions
Penn Law - S. Samuel Arsht Professor of Corporate Law (2004- ); Professor of Law (1999-2003)
Member, European Corporate Governance Institute (2007- ); American College of Bankruptcy (2009- )
Visiting Professor - Georgetown, University of Virginia, University of Wisconsin
Temple - Associate Professor of Law (1993-98); Assistant Professor (1990-93)
Professional Activities
Executive Board of American Association of Law Schools Committee on Business Associations (2007-2010)
Research Associate, European Corporate Governance Institute (since 2006)
Member, American College of Bankruptcy (since 2009)
Board of Trustees, Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project, Philadelphia, PA (2000-2006)
Courses
- Corporations
- Bankruptcy
- Debt Relief and Sovereign Debt Restructuring
- Law, Literature, and Interpretation
- Christian Perspectives on Law